Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Cambodia
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
ND
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ND
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
ND
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
ND
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
ND
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ND
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
ND
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ND
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
India
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
malayalam
khmer central
German Name
Malayalam
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Malayalam and Khmer Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Khmer language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Khmer Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.